Resource: Case Summary (Katzenbach v. McClung)

By: Tarlton Law Library

November 30, 1964

Tarlton Law Library

Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade racial discrimination in hotels, motels, restaurants, theaters, and all other public accommodation engaged in interstate commerce. Ollie McClung, the owner of Ollie's Barbecue in Birmingham, Alabama, continued to refuse service to blacks after the passage of the Act, and brought suit against Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach contesting the Act's enforcement.

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